WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 11/12 women's basketball continued its American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) dominance with a 65-46 win over Simpson College on Saturday, Feb. 1 to move to 11-0 in A-R-C play and 18-2 overall. In today's win,
Sara Faber recorded three steals to set a new career record for steals at Wartburg with 228 in her career.
Game Summary
- First Half
- First Quarter
- The Knights got on the scoreboard first when Faber found an open Lauren Donlea for a three pointer
- The Knights opened the game on a 10-1 run through the first five minutes of play
- Wartburg closed a dominant first quarter on a 12-3 run led by four points from Jaedon Murphy to take a 22-5 lead after one quarter
- Faber and Young both made three pointers during the run
- Second Quarter
- Woeste scored the first basket of the second quarter after just over three minutes of scoreless play
- Faber and Golinghorst both scored to extend the lead to 28-7 with 4:31 left in the half
- Simpson added two more scores in final four minutes to make the halftime score 28-11
- Second Half
- Third Quarter
- Following a Woeste layup early into the third, Simpson connected on a three pointer, but Wartburg responded the next possession with a three pointer from Murphy to make the score 33-16
- The Knights kept it rolling with an 11-2 run led by two three pointers from Faber
- After two free throws from Simpson, The Knights closed the third quarter on an 11-0 run that pushed Wartburg's lead to 55-20 after three quarters
- Fourth Quarter
- Woeste scored the first two points for Wartburg in the final quarter and then minutes later Faber connected on her fourth three pointer of the game to make the score 60-29 with 5:26 left to play
- Maggie Wilkins, Seaman and Murphy all scored in the final minutes to put the final touches on a 65-46 win over Simpson
Top Performers
- Jaedon Murphy
- 15 points
- Nine rebounds
- Two assists
- Two blocks
- Lauren Woeste
- 16 points
- Seven rebounds
- Two assists
- One block
- Sara Faber
- 15 points
- Six rebounds
- Four assists
- Three steals
Notes/Streaks
- Sixth straight win for Wartburg over Simpson
- Simpson still leads the all-time series 53-43
- Eighth time Wartburg has held its opponent under 50 points this season
- Faber is now the all-time leader in steals at Wartburg with 228 and counting
- Surpassed the previous record of 226 set by Kathy Roberts (1989-93)
- With 62 so far this season, she needs 23 more steals to break the single-season record at Wartburg
- Five different Knights made a three pointer today
- Faber led the team with four
- Ninth game this season Murphy has recorded multiple blocks
- Faber and Young both led the Knights with three steals each
- Faber has recorded multiple steals in five straight games
- Young has recorded multiple steals in four straight games
- Fifth-straight game with 15 or more points for Woeste
Next Time Out
The Knights will be back in action next on Wednesday, Feb. 5 on the road against the University of Dubuque at 5:30 p.m.
